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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 1983

Continuing care retirement communities: repayable contracts.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law establishes the State Department of Social Services and sets forth its powers and duties, including the certification and regulation of continuing care retirement communities. Existing law regulates different types of continuing care contracts, including, among others, a repayable contract. A repayable contract is a continuing care contract that includes a promise to repay all or a portion of an entrance fee that is conditioned upon reoccupancy or resale of the unit previously occupied by the resident. This bill would instead refer to the contract described above as a repayable conditioned on resale contract, define a repayable contract to include both a repayable conditioned on resale contract and a repayable in sequential order contract, and would define a repayable in sequential order contract to mean a continuing care contract that includes a promise to repay all or a portion of an entrance fee based on the sequential order in which repayable contracts are terminated. The bill would require a provider that offers or maintains repayable in sequential order contracts to establish a repayment account for these purposes, to assign each terminated contract a sequential repayment number, and to repay those contracts in sequential order from the proceeds of future repayable in sequential order contracts, as specified. Existing law requires all continuing care contracts to include specified provisions, including, among others, that if it's a repayable contract, the average and longest amount of time that it has taken to resell or reoccupy a unit within the last 5 calendar years. This bill would make that provision applicable only to repayable conditioned on resale contracts and would require certain additional disclosures relating to repayable in sequential order contracts to be made, including, among others, the average and longest duration of time elapsed between contract termination and repayment during the last 5 calendar years. Existing law requires a lump sum owed to a resident or a resident's estate, including any interest accrued, to be paid within 14 calendar days after resale of the unit. This bill would make that provision applicable only to repayable conditioned on resale contracts and would make it 14 days after resale or reoccupancy. For repayable conditioned on sequential order contracts, the bill would require the full lump sum to be paid within 14 calendar days after sufficient funds exist in the sequential repayment account to satisfy the contract's assigned sequential repayment number.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 30, 2026
House		AB 1983 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 28, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB1983 Blanca Rubio By LairdpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 13, 2026
Senate		Do passpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 29, 2026
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Jun 15, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
May 21, 2026
House		AB 1983 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 14, 2026
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 23, 2026
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Apr 21, 2026
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]passSet your home in California to see

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